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Minh Chau
My career goal is to apply my knowledge in producing reliable and
insightful projects through the use of statistics and inform critical decision making. I currently seek a suitable job to enhance my statistical and programming skills, and contribute to New Zealand society.
Education
Master of Applied Statistics
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZ
03/2019 - 06/2020
Bachelor of Science in Statistics
Otago University
Dunedin, NZ
03/2015 - 06/2019
Work Experience
Research Assistant
Massey University Wellington
Wellington, NZ
- Communicate with client clearly to fulfill requirements
- Prepare and transform survey data for analysis purposes
- Make informative graphs and tables to present key findings
- Apply statistical methods to data to produce insightful interpretations that assist the client in making decisions
08/2020 - current
Sessional Assistant
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZ
- Mark 100-level statistics assignments and projects
- Attend to training and meetings
- Enter assignment grades correctly and in accordance with the marking system’s guidelines
04/2020 - current
Intern/Data Analyst
Harmonic Analytics
Wellington, NZ
- Wrangle and analyse time series data
- Investigate and apply multiple predictive modelling methods to the data
- Produce an interactive Shiny dashboard to present the methodologies and their relevant statistical results
- Co-operate with supervisor and manager to deliver according to the client’s requirements
03/2020 - 06/2020
Projects
Statistical Consulting Assignment
Key skills I learned
N/A
- Construct the structure of a statistical report assignment
- Undestand the importance of descriptive statistics and explanatory analysis in choosing the appropriate analytical procedure
- Investigate the relationship between a categorical variable and a continuous variable using Generalised linear models (GLMs)
08/2019
Kaggle Data Shiny Application
Key skills I learned
N/A
- Analyse count data grouped by age and gender to produce relevant statistical measures
- Perform Poisson regression to observe the relationship between variables
- Build a Shiny application from scratch
- Prepare and run a presentation to explain the purpose and describe the function of my Shiny app
09/2019
Cluster Analysis Research Project
Key skills I learned
N/A
- Practice researching methods basing on theoretical constructs and literature review under supervision
- Research and perform cluster analysis of ordinal data
- Evaluate and compare modes using information criteria
- Generate a simulation study to access the consistency in the estimation of model parameters
02/2020
Time Series Analysis Shiny Dashboard for Orange data
Key skills I learned
N/A
- Construct time series models for forecasting purpose
- Build a Shiny dashboard consisting of interactive graphs and tables
- Track, save and update changes made to the dashboard using version control
- Achieve thoroughness and emphasise details to ensure the dashboard is user-friendly and appeal to non-statistical audience
06/2020
ICMR in patients under 18 years old follow-up report
Key skills I learned
N/A
- Analyse data in the context of medical statistics
- Review contingency table analysis in a multi-class setting
- Construct a Bayesian regression model and a Random forest classification model in R
- Interpret the outcomes to answer to the research question and discuss for future considerations
09/2020
❑ English (fluent)
❑ Shirley Wu
Operation Manager
Harmonic Analytics
shirley@harmonic.co.nz
Data Scientist Harmonic Analytics ploi@harmonic.co.nz
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